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An Incredible Story of Purpose and Perseverance

An Incredible Story of Purpose and Perseverance

Dashrath Manjhi was a poor farm laborer who lived in a small remote village in India. It was a village that was separated from the nearest markets, schools...

| 10 years ago
Announcement: Train Your Staff With Spear

Announcement: Train Your Staff With Spear

Spear is excited to announce a vital new component to Spear Digital Suite's menu of online learning tools: Staff Training. 'Creating the Staff Training...

| 10 years ago
The Three Numbers You Need to Know
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The Three Numbers You Need to Know

A well-lived life is one in which you know the 'answer' you are working toward. So how do you break that answer down into concrete, measurable terms?...

| 10 years ago
If You Think You Thought of Everything, Ask Your Patient
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If You Think You Thought of Everything, Ask Your Patient

Edges of anterior teeth are chipped and broken on a regular basis. They are broken during playground accidents, chipped while drinking from a glass...

| 10 years ago
Let the Answer be the Answer
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Let the Answer be the Answer

Ask 10 people what life is about and you'll likely get 10 different answers. For one person it's about achieving transcending enlightenment,...

| 10 years ago
To Renew Or Replace?
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To Renew Or Replace?

In my early years of practice, I remember when there was a heavy push for resin-based indirect restorations, like ArtGlass, belleGlass and Targus. While...

| 10 years ago
The Five Kinds of Energy You Need
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The Five Kinds of Energy You Need

Accomplishing our goals in life often requires having the right energy – but what is the right energy? In my experience, not all energy is created...

| 10 years ago
Best of Spear Review: Esthetics

Best of Spear Review: Esthetics

As we continue to offer insightful content by the Spear faculty and guest writers, we want to make certain that you don't miss any of it. The following...

| 10 years ago
Keep Your Higher Purpose in Mind
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Keep Your Higher Purpose in Mind

If a Genie granted you three wishes, what would you wish for? Given the chance, many of us would wish for an escape from everyday things we are responsible...

| 10 years ago
Occlusal Reduction for Indirect Restorations: Is 1.5 mm Enough?

Occlusal Reduction for Indirect Restorations: Is 1.5 mm Enough?

Are the posterior indirect restorations you receive back from your laboratory, relatively flat compared to your expectations? Is it your laboratory's...

| 10 years ago
Three Ways to Fast Track an Associate to Success

Three Ways to Fast Track an Associate to Success

Previously, I wrote about how it is the responsibility of the senior dentist to give a new associate every opportunity to flourish when that new person...

| 10 years ago
New Lesson Announcement: Teaching Patients That Prevention is Not Enough

New Lesson Announcement: Teaching Patients That Prevention is Not Enough

We are excited to introduce our new Lunch + Learn Team Development module for Digital Suite: Teaching Patients That Prevention is Not Enough....

| 10 years ago